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. PIN AND ATTAGHMENTTOR JEWELRY.

No. 378,908. Patented Mar. 6, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS STERNE, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

PIN A ND ATTACHMENT FOR JEWELRY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,908, dated March 6, 1888.

Application filed May 28. 1887. Serial No. 239,722.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIS STERNE, a'native of the United States, residing in London, England, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pins and Attachments for Jewelry, of

- which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement whereby a scarf-pin or other article of jewelry may be secured from loss either by accident or theft; and it consists in providing the shank of the pin with an aperture through which passes another pin or retaining device adapted to be secured to the article to which the piece of jewelry is attached. Heretofore this end taining such a securing device.

In the drawings, wherein I have illustrated my invention, Figure l is an enlarged representation of a portion of a pin containing my invention. Fig. 2 shows the invention applied to a scarf-pin. Fig. 3 is a detached view of the retaining-pin.

In the drawings, A represents the shank of a pin by which any article of jewelry may be secured to a dress or article of clothing, it being shown in the illustration which I have selected to accompany this specification as carrying a scarf-pin, M. Near the point end D of the pin is formed an enlarged. portion, 0,

preferably flattened in order to permit thepin to be easily passed through a fabric, in which enlarged portion is formed an aperture, B, that shown being of oblong or elongated form. Passing loosely through this aperture (No model.)

is a securing device adapted to be attached to the garment, and thereby prevent the removal of the scarf-pin or other article of jewelry, except after first disengaging said securin device from the garment. This securing device I have shown as consisting of a pin, E, having a head, F, the shank or stem of the pin being of such size as to readily pass through the aperture B, and being pointed, so that it may easily perforate the fabric, as at H I.

It will be seen from an examination of the drawings that the arrangement of parts which I have shown may be much more easily operated by the wearer than an arrangement in which a screw-threaded retaining cross bar or pin is passed through the scarf-pin; and, further, that the article of jewelry is more se-. curely held, which latter is effected by attaching the retaining-pin E directly to the fabric in such manner that the article of jewelry cannot be withdrawn without first removing said retaining-pin.

\Vhat I claim is 1. In combination with a scarf-pin-or similar article having a perforated pin by which it may be secured to a garment, another pin of smallersize passingfreelytransversely through the perforation in the pin and having its end pointed, whereby it is adapted to engage with and pass through the fabric and thus secure the pin against loss, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with a scarf-pin or a similar article having a pin, A, by which it may be attached to an article of clothing, enlarged near itslower end and provided in said enlarged portion with an aperture, a pin, E, passing loosely through said aperture, pointed at one end and having a head at the other end, sub-' stantially as set forth.

' L. STERNE.

Witnesses:

EMIL A. JULY, LoUIs L. HOLLAND. 

